Category: Accessories

Euro Fashion Scene Round-up: Bread and Butter Brings on Danish Bestseller Group; Maria Sharapova X Candy Collab; Rocawear Re-positions In Europe, Slimmer Fits, Adds House of Fraser

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Like a trade show in a trade show, Bread and Butter has announced they are bringing on Danish-based Bestseller Group to the show in Berlin July 2-4, 2013. Bestseller is one of Europe’s largest apparel companies including 3,000 mulitbrand stores featuring bestsellers such as J. LINDEBERG, JACK & JONES, JUNAROSE, MAMALICIOUS, NAME IT, ONLY, OBJECT, […]

Lifewear—Crossover of Sportswear, Fashion, and Technology—by Uniqlo Compares Fashion to Upgrading Like an iPhone

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Fast Retailing, owners of the fast-fashion chain Uniqlo from Japan which is gaining speed in terms of preferences among youth culture not only in Japan and Europe, but also the United States, has created a new category of fashion that crosses over between sportswear and casualwear and technology which they describe as Lifewear. Often on […]

Retail Round-up: Madonna’s Material Girl Launches Macy’s Pop-up Exhibition; Gap Goes Global, Expands Digital

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The Material Girl line of young women’s apparel and accessories available at Macy’s is getting a big boost from the star this Thursday, April 25 with a pop-up exhibition (lasting all of 2 hours) at Macy’s Century City location in Los Angeles, CA. According to Madonna as told to WWD, “The pop-up exhibit at Macy’s […]

Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2013, the Unofficial Kick-off to Festival Season Rounds-out Headliners like The Stone Roses, and Blur, with Host of Indie-Folk Newbies, and Modern Twists of Festival Fashion

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We were waiting for at least one hologram inspired by last year’s Tupac from the dead, but this year at Coachella, Weekend 1, from April 12-14, 2013, it was all about the new breed of indie-folk rockers mixed with major headliners, EDM, and of course, the latest in festival fashion. The Stone Roses, Yeah Yeah […]

Street Hearts at Project MVMNT Brings Streetwear for Women to the Forefront

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A unique space created at Project MVMNT trade show last winter was a new area of curated top female designers and brands called Street Hearts. Located on a wide black platform and placed right in the middle of the streetwear section, Street Hearts captured the attention of buyers and media, but also the other menswear […]

Future Consumers Report: China’s Shifting Dynamics Effects on Fashion: America’s New Market

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In truth, for even the most localized trendsetting brands, it’s of vital important to know what’s taking shape among China’s youth culture as the ripple effects from the sheer heft of their size continue to shape global economics and opportunities. However the fast-paced changes within a new generation of middle class consumers has greatly shifted […]

Agenda’s On a Roll: New Hire Vanessa Chiu with Plans to Capture the Women’s Market

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AGENDA Trade Show has added yet another element to their expansion plans, with the announcement today, April 1, 2013, of hiring on Vanessa Chiu, the former Insight Marketing Manager, as Director of Women’s Sales and Marketing. Chiu joins AGENDA on the heels of the announcement that the show will be expanding its reach to include […]

Puma’s InCycle via Partnership with Cradle to Cradle Certified Brings Sustainability Philosophy to Sneaker Culture

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More brands are moving in the direction of creating sustainable products, as they should be. Not only is it important for the environment and to reduce effects on global warming, among many other things, but today’s there’s an entirely new generation that looks to the “green history” of a product before purchasing. In our Sustainability […]

The Expansion Agenda for Agenda Trade Show Heats-Up

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The expansion plans for what’s become one of the leading trade shows for streetwear, action sports-inspired apparel, footwear, and accessories, and upper urbanwear known as Agenda would inevitably invade the space of Las Vegas during what’s becoming a crowded trade show timeframe featuring MAGIC, Project MVMNT, Pool, and Capsule, (and MAGIC’s online show, Shop the Floor). […]

Label Networks’ New Youth Study Reveals “Recession Generation” Sparks DIY Subcultures with New Industries, Brands, Influences, Market Trends

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Now Available! Label Networks’ 13th Annual Spring Youth Culture Study! Label Networks’ 13th Annual Spring Youth Culture Study reveals new consumer insights from 13-25-year-olds across the United States—the “Recession Generation”–that’s sparking new DIY subcultures, brands, industries, and market trends in spending patterns, social networking, fashion, footwear, technology, music, sports, entertainment, and more. Youth culture in […]